1959 NCAA Tennis Championships
1959 NCAA Tennis Championships | |
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Date | June 1959 |
Edition | 14th |
Location | Evanston, Illinois |
Venue | Northwestern University |
Champions | |
![]() (San Jose State) | |
![]() ![]() (Tulane) |
The 1959 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 14th annual NCAA-sponsored tournaments to determine the national champions of men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.[1]
Notre Dame and Tulane shared the team championship, the first such title for both the Fighting Irish and the Green Wave. Both teams finished with 8 points in the final team standings.
Host site[]
This year's tournaments were contested at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Team scoring[]
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.
References[]
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- NCAA Division I tennis championships
- 1959 in American tennis
- 1959 in Illinois